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Thursday, March 23, 2017
Hays County mom indicted in daughter’s murder STAFF REPORT
VILLANUEVA
A Hays County grand jury earlier this month issued a capital murder indictment against a Kyle woman accused of killing her five-yearold daughter in January. The indictment was one of two issued by the grand jury against Krystle Conception
Villanueva, 25, of Kyle. According to a Hays County press release, the first indictment against Villanueva is capital murder of a person under ten years of age. The second was for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which was issued after Villanueva was suspected of stabbing
Eustorgio Arellano-Uresti, 58, her father-in-law. An indictment is a formal accusation against an individual suspected of a serious crime but does not determine guilt or innocence. On Jan. 5, Hays County authorities responded to a home in the 200 block of Willow Terrace in the Green
Pastures subdivision. The Hays Free Press reported authorities discovered Uresti outside of the home with stab wounds across his forehead, his back and left shoulder, according to a probable cause affidavit provided by Hays County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth Smith.
When authorities entered the home, they discovered the body of Villanueva’s daughter, whose body had been “mutilated,” according to Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler in a January press conference. Cutler added the crime
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Motorcyclist killed in U.S. 290 wreck
Meet Barb
BY SAMANTHA SMITH An Austin man was killed March 14 after he lost control of his motorcycle while traveling eastbound on U.S. Highway 290 outside of Dripping Springs. Robert Dunn, 55, of Austin, was identified as the victim in the single-vehicle accident, according to DPS officials. Dunn was operating a 2017
Harley Davidson motorcycle on U.S. 290 when he lost control of the vehicle and started sliding, coming to a rest at the intersection of Sawyer Ranch Road about seven miles east of Dripping Springs, DPS officials said. Dunn was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:15 p.m. that evening. It is unknown at this time what factors led to the accident.
Dripping Springs grad arrested for improper relations with student enrolled at the school. In a letter sent to LISD parents, Susan K. Bohn, LISD superintendent of A Dripping Springs native schools, said the Lockhart High who is a science teacher at Lock- principal notified district adhart High was arrested Monday ministration and Child Protecafter police allege she engaged tive Services. in an improper relationship with An investigation into the a 17-year-old student. incident led detectives to a male Sarah Madden Fowlkes, 27, 17-year-old student, according was booked into the to police. Interviews Caldwell County Jail on determined the student a charge of improper had been in contact in relationship between person and by message educator and student, with Fowlkes. During which is a second degree their encounters, it was felony, according to a alleged Fowlkes engaged Lockhart Police press in “sexual content with release. the intent to arouse or In a seperate press gratify the sexual desire release, Lockhart ISD of the student,” accordFOWLKES Monday announced ing to the release. the district suspended On Monday, Lockhart Fowlkes, who has worked for the police obtained a warrant for district since October 2014. The Fowlkes, who, according to the district also has sent notice of release, turned herself in. the conduct to the State Board According to her Facebook for Educator Certification. page, Fowlkes is from Dripping According to Lockhart PoSprings and graduated from St. lice officials, the department Edward’s University in Austin. received a report from a school In her letter, Bohn said Fowladministrator March 10 that kes will not return to the school indicated an educator may have district. had an inappropriate relationFELONY, 7 ship with a student currently BY MOSES LEOS III
Barbara, a three-month-old Egyptian Arabian foal who lives at Red Horse Ranch in Dripping Springs, needs lifesaving surgery to correct her “wry nose,” which makes it difficult for her to eat and breathe – her upper jaw is offset from the lower jaw and her left nostril is almost closed. Local residents Allen Pogue and Martha Talley have about three months to crowdfund enough money for the operation, as it must be done when she’s around six months of age. As of press time, $5,500 of the $23,000 needed had been raised. Read their story on page 3.
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Proposed bill prohibits larger cities from protesting discharge permits BY SAMANTHA SMITH
Should larger cities be allowed to protest the discharge permit requests by smaller towns? State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) doesn’t think so, and he filed a state House bill to bar larger cities from protesting discharge applications from smaller municipalities. House Bill 3004, if approved, would keep larger cities from protesting Texas Commission on Environmental Quality applications for the purposes of environmental discharge by small cities.
“When these small cities attempt to prepare for future growth by seeking responsible wastewater management precautions, their large, urban neighbors ... try to interfere to force their antidevelopment, anti-growth agenda on the communities around them.” –State Rep. Jason Isaac
Isaac said he introduced a similar bill during the 2015 legislative session, but it died on the Senate floor. In an emailed statement, Isaac said small municipalities across Texas are experiencing “phenomenal growth.”
“When these small cities attempt to prepare for future growth by seeking responsible wastewater management precautions, their large, urban neighbors with nearly unlimited tax dollars at their disposal try to interfere to
force their anti-development, anti-growth agenda on the communities around them,” Isaac said. Although the bill would bar formal opposition to a discharge permit, it would have no effect on a municipality’s authority to pass resolutions in support of or opposition to another municipality’s application for environmental discharge, Isaac said. Isaac said “it’s simple hypocrisy” that municipalities like Austin, which might have lower standards for water treatment than neighborhoods such as the
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We demand salsa, not spicy ketchup F or the record, I didn’t vote for Trump. Didn’t vote for Hillary neither. I was pulling for Ted Cruz before he got knocked out of the race, but not for reasons you might suspect. I wanted a Texan in the White House mainly because I was hoping Cruz might issue an executive order to put an end to an injustice that has been going on way too long. Nope, nothing to do with immigration or health care. I’m talking about something that eats at me like a tick on bull’s gonad. How in blue blazes can an eating establishment serve a bowl of tomato squeezings with some green herbs stirred in and call it salsa if it’s as mild as breast milk? Salsa is supposed to be fiery hot in my book. Salsa should light you up as that first dipped tortilla chip lands on your tongue. Good salsa will make your eyes water and your nose run. Great salsa will melt ear wax and kill intestinal parasites.
From the Crow’s Nest by Clint Younts
Good salsa will make your eyes water and your nose run. Great salsa will melt ear wax and kill intestinal parasites. I have spent most of my life savoring the spicy cuisine from south of our border. As a baby, I didn’t have any store-bought pacifier. My mom stuck a serrano pepper in my mouth to hush me up while she did the ironing and watched Days of Our Lives. Ever since, I have
eaten pert near every type of Mexican food there is. Heck, I even sampled a tamale made with armadillo meat. Not a big fan of armadillo. Slimy as snail poop and about as tasty. So, when I visit a new Mexican food restaurant, I am excited about trying the salsa. But when the salsa tastes like curdled V8 juice, I suspect the entrees will be as bland as a Baptist preacher’s joke book. Okay, I reckon in northern states and down in southern Florida where old Yankees go to die, restaurants can get away with mixing some oregano and tomato entrails and calling it salsa, but in the south, and especially here in Texas, salsa should singe your nose hairs. If a bowl of salsa can’t break up that sinus blockage that you’ve had since cedar fever season, then it shouldn’t be called salsa. I recently ate at a Mexican food restaurant along the Texas coast that should know something about
making spicy salsa. I suspected right away that it wouldn’t be real hot since I didn’t see any jalapeno seeds floating on top, but there was some leafy thing mixed in that I prayed was cilantro. As that first chip passed under my nostrils, I knew this was going to be a big disappointment. That salsa was milder than a South Texas winter. I’ve had gnats fly in my mouth that were tastier than that bowl of tomato guts. Dagnabbit, this is Texas! We demand good and spicy salsa. Not something you can spoon-feed an infant. Up in Fort Worth, there’s a restaurant that serves authentic Mexican food. I could tell y’all a story about my nephew who sampled the food there as a toddler, but I’m sure his parents and the staff at Joe T Garcia’s would like to forget the entire incident. I’m sure that highchair went straight to the dumpster. But, dang, that was good salsa!
Even Taco Bell tries to pass off its hot sauce as being spicy. Yeah, they have one packet that’s labeled “Diablo” but if hell is that hot, you’d better be buried in long sleeves. And isn’t “Mild hot sauce” an oxymoron? I coined the name Probably Hot for the sauce they hand out at Taco Bell, a term we frequently use in our family. So, this is why I wanted a Texan with some Latino DNA in his blood like Ted Cruz to sit in the White House, but instead we have Trump. I just hope President Trump doesn’t deport the Mexicans who know how to make good salsa, just the ones who think Whataburger’s spicy ketchup is a zesty condiment.
who come and make a mess and swimming very dangerous because they are everywhere (especially kayakers). I have tried to call Sen. Zafferini to demand a townhall meeting so she can listen to her constituents tell her to her face that we do not want the
city to own our river, and to assure her that if her bill passes, this will be her last term in office. I will do the most that I can to make sure she or the San Marcos city counmcil members are not re-elected again. Ezekiel Enriquez, Sr. San Marcos
Clint Younts’ mother was a saint who wrote all about the area in her book, “People and Places in and around Historic Buda.” She probably gave him that serrano pepper to make him be quiet. His wife does the same these days.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THANK YOU, DRIPPING SPRINGS STUDENTS As residents of Bell Springs Road, We would like to thank the Dripping Spring students in the National Honor Society, the 4H, and the FFA, for picking up litter along Bell Springs Rd. They came out on their Spring Break and were quite thorough even though the volume was great. The road is as beautiful as we have ever seen! Thanks so much! Sincerely, Philip and Michele Hoggatt, Pat Galvin
KNOW THE FACTS ON DISCHARGE PERMIT Hays County commissioners: All we ever hear from Dripping Springs is that its intentions are not to discharge sewage effluent into Onion Creek with the discharge permit they seek. I’m sure they are telling you the same thing, that you should resolve to support this because “with all this beneficial reuse we’re getting signed up we don’t intend to discharge, we just need the flexibility of a disposal/discharge pipe to Onion Creek..” Understand the facts before taking the bait! The ordinance passed last November says participate or pay fee towards 210 beneficial reuse; if the City does not use those funds for wet weather contingencies (subsurface drip irrigation and storage ponds), then that just means more sewage effluent pumped into the creek during those times. The beneficial reuse contract is extremely lax and non-committal. Either side can shut down at any time with no consequences, resulting in discharge into Onion Creek. Involves huge amount of buried pipeline infrastructure which will ultimately leak and fail, again resulting in need to discharge. During wet weather, developments will not take effluent and the City will need to discharge during these conditions. You can never keep up in storage ponds, without also having drip irrigation fields; again, this results in more need to discharge into Onion. Residents may complain about the smell or harmful effects of sewage effluent sprayed and demand it be shut off, resulting in discharge into Onion.
A pipe to Onion Creek is a means of emergency discharge of raw sewage in event of a catastrophic emergency. This would completely destroy Onion Creek! Future councils would not be bound to pursue beneficial reuse contracts. They could change the ordinance or not enforce the contracts, and just increase their volume with TCEQ! If this moves forward, what do you think that disposal pipe to Onion will be flowing in 5, 10 or 15 years? Make the smart decision not to support destroying Onion Creek with sewage effluent. Onion Creek is a prime example of the very reason that people want to come see and enjoy our Central Texas Hill Country! Wes Pitts Dripping Springs
SAN MARCOS RIVER FIGHT IS ON This letter concerns most citizens of Hays County and surrounding areas. It is of the utmost importance that each of us contact Tx St Senator Judith Zafferini’s office and demand a townhall meeting with her in regards to her legislation to make San Marcos the sole owner of the San Marcos River. Just who gave her the permission to file a bill to take our river that for centuries has belonged to the citizens of the State of Texas and turn it over to the city of San Marcos? Do we stick our noses in trying to pass legislation that will affect the Rio Grande River and her city of Laredo? Just who does she represent, the citizens of San Marcos or the city of San Marcos? We are all very aware of the fact that the city of SM has been trying to take control of the San Marcos River for quite some time under the pretext that they would make the better guardian of our river. They can’t even take care of our streets and infrastructure much less of our beautiful river. Our city officials already have in place plenty of restrictions: No Fishing from bridge; No Jumping from bridge; Curfew-11pm; No homeless allowed (park rangers are always trying to rid the homeless from our parks); No drinking; No glass bottles; No using park after major or minor flooding has occurred (even
though nothing serious has occurred); and many other restrictions. But, they are very glad to have hundreds of tubers and kayakers invade our river so they can make money at the expense of San Marcos citizens who can’t use their own river because of all these invaders
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Chamber hosts Dripping Springs candidate forum STAFF REPORT The Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce will host a forum for Dripping Springs City Council candidates April 4. The event will be held at Dripping Springs Ranch Park and Event Center beginning at 7:00 p.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m. Doors will be opened at 6:30 p.m. The purpose of the forum, according to a Chamber release, is to give Dripping Springs voters an opportunity to hear candidates discuss the issues of importance to them in the upcoming election. This event is free and open to the public. All six candidates vying for the three council seats have been invited. The candidates will have an opportunity to
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Locals pitch in to help horse with congenital birth defect
“She aspirated milk while nursing in her first month which led to pneumonia and yes, more bills.” Dripping Springs The deviation in her resident is reaching septum also makes out to neighbors breathing difficult for the through the crowd-fundexuberant young foal. ing source gofundme to Allen Pogue, owner save the life of a foal born of the Red Horse Ranch, with a rare congenital which is Barbara’s home, birth defect. said it all started 10 years Barbara is a foal born ago when Martha Talley, in January with wry nose, a renowned or deviated Toy Poodle rostral maxilla, breeder and which causes avid horse the upper jaw lover, decided and nose to to adopt a deviate, or turn young male to one side. See Barbara’s Egyptian According account at Arabian foal. to a gofundme www.gofundme. She learned page created com/surgerythe young for Barbara, for-barbara male foal was the foal is a the last of the “very robust dying breed. and friendly Pogue said after Talley foal,” even though her did her research on the dam, or mother, won’t ancient Arabian line, she let her nurse without a and her husband dehuman present. cided to invest in saving Barbara also needs the breed by engaging in constant help to nurse, as “preservation breeding.” she can’t get enough milk, The process involves as her sucking mechanism breeding between a sire doesn’t work correctly due from limited, or extinct, to the shape of her upper jaw, according to the page. stock with a comparable string of blood in the “Nursing is important dam. The result is the for nurturing, but she is also fed milk replacer from possible continuation of a bucket,” according to BARBARA THE HORSE, 8 Barbara’s Gofundme page. BY SAMANTHA SMITH
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introduce themselves to the audience and will answer written questions from the public during this moderated event. The Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce will follow a nonpartisan, unbiased and impartial format, according to the release. A non-City resident will moderate the forum. “This is a great opportunity for the city council candidates to share their views on a plethora of issues and meet residents, Sherri Parks, Dripping Springs Chamber executive director, said in the release. “And at the same time, we all can learn more about each candidate’s background and experience and decide who might get our vote in the upcoming election.” Early voting for the May 6 election is April 24 to May 2.
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A female Laysan albatross named Wisdom is the oldest known wild bird in the United States or the Northern Hemisphere at around 68 years old.
It’s tough to stay alive out there BY JERRY HALL
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ost songbirds have short lives. Typically, those in the wild live only about eight months before dying or being killed. It’s a tough old world. But some birds, particularly those in remote locations with few predators, live much longer. Take the wandering albatross, it can easily reach 40 years of age. And one banded albatross which soared around the cold seas of Antarctica was 80 years old. In fact, some birds outlive their bands which either wear out or
come apart under stress. A cockatoo at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo was 77 on its last birthday. Let us also consider other animals and their maximum ages. Oldest known dog lived to 29 years, which in human years would be 206. A female tabby named Crème Puff lived to be 38 years and 3 days. The oldest rabbit was 18. Spiders can live to be 28. And the oldest known termite queens routinely live over 50 years and up to 100 years. To all who read this, I wish you a long and happy life – may your joys be as deep as the ocean and your misfortune as light as its foam.
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Free assistance with income tax preparation is available through the AARP Tax-Aide program at the Dripping Springs Independent School District Administration building and the Wimberley Village Library. In Dripping Springs, volunteers are available on Tuesdays through April 18 except during spring break from 2-7 p.m To make an appointment, leave a message at (512) 858-0954. In Wimberley, volunteers will be available by appointment by calling (512) 590-0893 through April 12. For more info, call (512) 8580954.
A Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) open house will be held 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at Dripping Springs Park Ranch and Event Center, 1042 Event Center Dr. in Dripping Springs. The comeand-go meeting will be on amendments to the long-range CAMPO 2040 Plan and the 2017-2020 Transportation Improvement Program. The public is encouraged to participate in person or online at upcoming open houses and commenting opportunities.
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Sports Lady Tigers finish third in season With a 4-0 win over the Marble Falls Mustangs March 10, the Dripping Springs Tiger girls soccer team officially finished in third place in the 26-5A standings and punched its ticket to the postseason. The Tigers closed the regular season by going 4-1-3 in the team’s final eight games. That included a 2-2 tie against district champion Alamo Heights March 3. Dripping Springs begins the playoffs Friday when it hosts the McCallum Knights at Tiger Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. Pictured: Dripping Springs’ sophomore Jessica Carmichael dribbles the ball around the Lockhart defender toward the middle of the field against the visiting Lions on Tuesday, January 31 in a District 26-5A match. The Lady Tigers led 1-0 at the half and finished with a 2-0 shutout. Inset: A Lockhart defender turns away to avoid being hit by the ball as Dripping Springs’ freshman midfielder Caroline Luttrull (13) makes a shot on goal. The shot appeared to hit the top post narrowly missing a goal for the Lady Tigers.
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Proposed bill offers protection for referees QUIXEM RAMIREZ Back in 2015, Marble Falls High School center snapped the football to its quarterback intent on running out the game clock to secure its 15-9 victory. Two members of the John Jay High School team had other ideas. As the ball was snapped, a safety from John Jay slammed an unsuspecting official, Robert Watts, to the ground. Watts’ head snapped back and another John Jay football player lowered his shoulder into the official as he crumpled to the ground. The story made national news, because of the severity of the attack. These were high school kids assaulting an official during a football game, after all. “This is 100% unacceptable behavior no matter what happens,” said Terry Franks, chief of staff for Texas Representative Jason Isaac. “You can’t take this kind of action.” Victor Rojas and Michael Moreno were suspended for the rest of the 2015-16 season. Rojas, a sophomore, was later reinstated and allowed to participate in athletic events after his suspension was complete.
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A referee looks on as coaches and players discuss the game at a November 2016 Tiger football game.
“People say ‘boys will be boys’ and that was off-putting to me and Representative (Jason) Isaac ... A very serious lesson needs to be learned here. Once you cross a barrier like that you’re going down a real slippery path that we may not be able to come back from.” – Terry Franks, chief of staff for Texas Representative Jason Isaac
Watts, who lives in Buda, reached out to
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about the importance of protecting officials. Isaac, presiding over Texas House District 45, and his staff brought in the University Interscholastic League (UIL) to continue the discourse. Thus, House Bill 2768 was born. The legislation – known as the Referee Protection Bill – details a plan allowing UIL to permanently ban an athlete from high school sports. Prior to this proposal, Franks said UIL didn’t have the authority to institute a punishment of this nature. “They hadn’t seen any-
thing like this,” Franks said. “When you talk to some of the national referee associations, the numbers are getting pretty high on these things. That was alarming to us, so we wanted UIL to have a tool that they can use to say ‘hey if someone does something so egregious that you can tell’ then they don’t need to play in high school sports anymore.” Franks said short-term suspensions in situations similar to the John Jay case could induce problematic behavior in the future.
“People say ‘boys will be boys’ and that was off-putting to me and Representative (Jason) Isaac,” Franks said. “A very serious lesson needs to be learned here. Once you cross a barrier like that you’re going down a real slippery path that we may not be able to come back from.” Hays athletic coordinator Neal La Hue said he supports the bill. He added that schools should have a policy to deal with these situations if they arise, too. “I think it’s meant to keep people safe and as far as the punishment phase I don’t have a comment on that,” La Hue said. “It’s fine. You need to teach kids that it’s a game. It’s not life or death and you don’t have to take it out on the referees.” The bill, filed March 2, would take affect Sept. 1, 2017 if it passes through the Texas Legislature. “I think the Referees Protection bill has a pretty good shot of getting through,” Franks said. “I think the issue is very near and dear to people’s hearts. You can’t imagine a 16- or 17-yearold young adult doing something like that and not face a serious repercussion.”
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VFW Post 6441 Memorial Scholarship winner Hunter Anderlitch with his grandparents, Post 6441 member Billy Anderlitch (left) and Paula Anderlitch.
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After earning first place honors at the Dallas regional meet last week, the DSHS robotics team “Spring Konstant” will head to the World Championship in Dallas in April.
Dripping Springs robotics team heads to World Championship SUBMITTED REPORT
Dripping Springs High School students competing in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Dallas Regional won the prestigious Rookie All-Star Award and qualified for the World Championship. The team that wins the Rookie All-Star Award earns an automatic bid to the World Championships, which will be held April 19-22 in Houston.
Only eight of the 54 teams competing at regionals qualified for the world championships. More than 600 teams from around the world will compete at that event, including teams from Australia, China, Brazil, Israel and Turkey. The Dripping Springs team, which calls itself “Spring Konstant,” was formed this year and consists of 27 team members. In FIRST events, teams of students are challenged to raise funds, design a
“brand,” and build and program robots to complete various tasks. The team received its challenge in January and since has been working to build its robot. The Rookie All-Star Award celebrates a firstyear team that has made a strong partnership effort with its community and has a vision for their future impact. This award recognizes a team that inspires others to appreciate science and engineering, and to view
these career fields as exciting and meaningful. The DSHS team shared with the judges how the members taught elementary students at Family Science Night, wrote a document that included a 10-year vision, budget and marketing plan, and how they worked through the design process for their robot. Spring Konstant has one more opportunity to tune up before the world championships, competing at a regional event in Waco later this month.
Texan receives VFW memorial scholarship SUBMITTED REPORT Wimberley VFW Post 6441 awarded its Memorial Scholarship for 2017 in the amount of $1,000 to Wimberley High School senior Hunter Anderlitch. This scholarship is given in memory of post members who have passed in the past year. Also, it is the post taking care of its own as eligibility for the scholarship is limited to children and grandchildren of Post members. It is entirely local in its funding and in its awards. Hunter
is the grandson of Post 6441 member Billy Anderlitch and his wife Paula. Hunter has been active in track and football during his high school years, and he has participated in the Future Farmers of America for 10 years. His designs for deer feeders and duck blinds have won FFA awards in agricultural mechanics. He plans to study Criminal Justice and Wildlife Biology at Texas State University with the goal of becoming a Game Warden for the state of Texas.
SCHOOL BRIEFS VFW Post 6441 honors Teachers of the Year
At its March meeting, Wimberley’s VFW Post 6441 presented awards to the teachers of the year from the Wimberley Independent School District. Mimi Taylor, a music teacher at Jacobs Well School, Tommy Bennett, a Texas History teacher at Danforth Junior High School and Ryan Durkin, a Wimberley High School Social Studies and Special Education teacher, each received a plaque and $200. The teachers were nominated by their principals for the awards. Each year the VFW recognizes three exceptional teachers, one each from the elementary, junior high and high school levels, for their outstanding commitment to teach Americanism and instill patriotism in their students. The Teacher of the Year award is part of the VFW’s youth and education support program which includes youth scholarships and support of scouting.
to 8:00 p.m. The event will be held in the cafeteria at Rooster Springs Elementary. Information on camps being offered this summer will be available. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet camp instructors and sign up to win door prizes. The first 100 children to enter the expo will receive a free T-shirt. DSISD offers camps that encourage students of all ages to explore their passions. Arts/crafts, science, sports, computer-related activities, cooking, dance and many other topics are being offered. Camp Venture is a full-day camp that runs from 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. throughout the summer. The day’s activities include playtime, arts and crafts, sport-based activities and more. Periodic field trips also are scheduled. Fulltime and part-time (a.m. or p.m.) tuition options are available. Registration fees are reduced by $10 if completed by May 19, 2017. The DSISD Summer Camp Catalog is available at www.dsisdtx.us/DocumentCenter/View/284. It also is being sent home with elementary students on March 24.
DSISD Summer WimDems offer $500 Camp Expo scholarship The Dripping Springs
ISD Community Services Department will host a Summer Camp Expo on March 30, from 6:30 p.m.
Applications for the annual Jim Wright Democratic Educational Scholarship are now avail-
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able to seniors graduating from Katherine Anne Porter School or Wimberley High School in 2017. Application forms can be downloaded from the WimDems website located at www.WimDems.org. Application Deadline is Saturday, April 15, 2017. The scholarship is named for the late Jim Wright, who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Fort Worth for 34 years and served as Speaker of the House from 1987 until 1989. A much-beloved Democrat, Wright was known as the “pride of Texas and the nation.” He is remembered as a unifying leader who acted upon the courage of his convictions and never forgot Texas. The Wimberley Democrats (WimDems) is an organization dedicated to educating its members and others on political
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Cooperative is offering $100,000 in scholarships to eligible high school and home-schooled seniors in its service area. Applications for the 2017 school year are now available at pec. coop/scholarships. Scholarships will range from $2,500 to $10,000. The funds can be used to pay expenses at any accredited university, college, junior college, technical school or trade school. Recipients will be selected based on their applications, including an essay, academic performance, community involvement, extracurricular activities and financial need. This year’s essay prompt asks students: What are some of the biggest challenges teenagers see in their community? What changes or programs would you implement to improve the community in which you live? PEC will also be offering a PEC Rodeo Team Scholarship that awards tools and full tuition to the Northwest Lineman College. Each scholarship recipient must be at the 12th grade level through public, private or homeschooled education, and their parent or legal guardian must be a PEC member. Applications are judged by an independent panel. All scholarship materials must be submitted online by Friday, March 24. Learn more at pec.coop/ scholarships.
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Judge rules congressional districts must be redrawn BY ROSS RAMSEY AND JIM MALEWITZ
BY MOSES LEOS III
of the Texas Tribune
Some of Texas’ 36 congressional districts violate either the U.S. Constitution or the federal Voting Rights Act, a panel of federal judges ruled Friday. In a long-delayed ruling, the judges ruled 2-1 that the Texas Legislature must redraw the political maps it most recently used for the 2016 elections. Specifically, they pointed to Congressional District 23, which stretches from San Antonio to El Paso, takes in most of the Texas-Mexico border and is represented by Republican Will Hurd of Helotes; Congressional District 27, represented by Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi; and Congressional District 35, a Central Texas district represented by Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin. The 166-page ruling by the San Antonio-based district judges was the latest in a complicated case that dates back to 2011, and comes just two election cycles away from the next U.S. Census – when the state would draw a new map under normal circumstances. In 2013, the district court found evidence that lawmakers intentionally discriminated when redrawing the boundaries. But the U.S. Supreme Court soon complicated the case when it struck down a key section of the Voting Rights Act that had forced Texas to seek permission before making changes to election procedures. But that didn’t end the legal battle. The U.S. Department of Justice and other plaintiffs pressed on in the case, and Texas held elections using interim maps drawn by judges. In its decision Friday, the court still found that mapdrawers acted with an impermissible intent
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An area resident holds up a sign protesting gerrymandering of Texas congressional districts at a February town hall meeting in Dripping Springs.
Congressional District 35, which includes part of Hays County, is represented by Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin. The district’s boundaries must be redrawn after being ruled unconstitutional.
to dilute minority voting strength or otherwise violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. “The Court finds that this evidence persuasively demonstrates that mapdrawers intentionally packed [concentrated certain populations] and cracked [diluted certain populations] on the basis of race (using race as a proxy for voting behavior) with the intent to dilute minority voting strength,” U.S. District Judges Orlando Garcia and Xavier Rodriguez wrote in the
majority opinion. In his dissenting opinion, Judge Jerry Smith of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals called the case moot under previous rulings, and he sharply criticized the Justice Department. “The Department of Justice has overplayed its hand and, in the process, has lost credibility,” Smith wrote. “The wound is self-inflicted. The grand theory on which its intervention was mainly based – that invidious racial motives infect and predominate in the drawing
of the 2011 district lines has crashed and burned. I respectfully dissent from the refusal to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.” The majority ruling loosened the case from a lengthy limbo; Groups suing the state complained the judges were dithering after hearing arguments in 2014. Texas Democrats quickly rejoiced in the decision late Friday night. “Tonight is a victory for the voting rights of all Texans,” Gilberto Hinojosa, the state party chair, said in a statement.
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Continued from pg. 1 “Lockhart parents entrust their children to us every day, and it is something we do not take lightly. Student safety is the district’s most important priority,” said Bohn. “As soon as we learned of the report, we acted swiftly to involve law enforcement and CPS to conduct a thorough investigation. The district does not and will not tolerate any improper communication or con-
County puts brakes on new traffic policy
tact between a teacher and child.” Bohn added in her letter that, as a parent of an LISD student, she joins in “feeling anger and disappointment in what happened.” “As an administrator, I will always take swift action against anyone who would violate the sacred trust between students and educators,” Bohn said. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Belterra neighborhood, in which Isaac lives, can protest the TCEQ applications of those neighborhoods, or any other municipality, which may have better water treatment standards. “In Texas you can either get a storage permit or a discharge permit,” Isaac said. “Belterra, my neighborhood, has a discharge permit even though we have never
discharged because we haven’t needed to.” Isaac said municipalities “should be at or above the same standards (as the city whose application they are protesting).” Isaac said at press time he isn’t aware if the bill has been referred to a House committee for hearings.
Hays County Commissioners Monday opted to delay action on a possible traffic calming policy in order to gather public opinion on the matter. Commissioners voted 5-0 for a public hearing in two weeks on the policy, which according to officials would be for use across Hays County. Jerry Borcherding, Hays County director of transportation, said the policy was crafted in order to create consistency for the installation of traffic humps, speed bumps and tables. Adam Leach, assistant director of transportation, said one of the more common requests to the transportation department is for speed bumps and tables in county neighborhoods. Hays County’s model would require additional feedback from neighborhoods, as residents “would like a little more buy in, so to speak, in the process,” Leach said. According to a draft of the policy, a traffic study must be requested by a resident along an affected street and must also have signatures from 10 percent of residents. Citizens who live in areas governed by a homeowners association or live on roads maintained by the county inside incorporated city limits must send requests to their local governing body. Requests, however, wouldn’t be considered for county collector, arterial roads or country lanes that service less than 20 homes. Leach said the county’s transportation department would conduct the traffic study, which would assess speed based on the 85th percentile, similar to what the state uses for traffic studies. According to the Texas Department of Transportation website, the percentile is based on the theory that a speed at or below which 85 percent of people drive at any location under good weather and visibility conditions is the maximum speed for a location. After conducting the study, Hays County will determine whether the
road warrants a traffic calming measure based on several criteria. County transportation officials will issue a recommendation to the residents and to the respective commissioner’s precinct office for review. From there, residents have 30 days to request action from the transportation department to install a traffic calming measure. Requirements include obtaining 20 percent of signatures from residents on the road for rumble strips or buttons and 51 percent for speed tables and roadway construction. Leach said it would avoid a single resident from possibly implementing a traffic calming measure that may be unwanted by other residents. If a traffic calming measure were to be removed, the county requires 51 percent of residents on the road to remove it at the cost to the county, if county officials recommended it. However, measures that were not recommended by the county would need 75 percent of resident signatures and must be funded by the residents. Hays County Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe said she believed the policy was good to have. But she also advocated for a public hearing to gather feedback. “If we’re going to allow devices to be placed, it’s good to have a policy in place and be consistent within the county,” Ingalsbe said. Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley did not support the policy as he felt the system the county has works “quite well.” He said his precinct is extremely diverse and has a “million different conditions.” He believes Pct. 3 has been responsible in applying traffic calming devices, as they have a policy they have followed for a ‘long time.” He said the current policy allows for flexibility. “I’m not willing to secede that design and set up,” Conley said. “I think it works quite well and I think it’s a perfect mixture of direct representation of the people we represent and a responsible department that’s maintaining a countywide system.”
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Continued from pg. 1 was one of the “worst cases” he had seen in his 43 years in law enforcement and one of the most “horrific cases in the history of Hays County.” Villanueva was charged in January with Capital Murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. It remains unknown if drugs or alcohol played a factor in the crime. Uresti alleged in the affidavit Villanueva used drugs, including marijuana. The News-Dispatch reported in January a relative of Villanueva informed authorities
she had been admitted to a treatment facility in late 2015 for substance abuse. While in treatment, Villanueva was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia and ADHS. According to a release, the Hays County District Attorney’s office will make no further comment on the case at this time. Some aspects of the investigation are ongoing, according to the county’s release. There is no decision on whether or not the DA’s office will seek the death penalty.
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Big, bright stars at Texas Night Sky Festival
Under a blanket of stars, Austin resident Sarah Ashworth (center) peers through a telescope as others walk around during Saturday’s Texas Night Sky Festival held at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Many made their way to Dripping Springs for the second annual event, which was hosted by the International Dark Sky Association, the city of Dripping Springs and the Hays County Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists. The event featured science activities and exhibits, food trucks and the chance at night to observe the heavens.
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thehorse.com article, Dr. Nancy Diehl, VMD, MS, said there is “no good evidence” that wry nose in the horse is heritable or a genetic predisposition. Pogue said even though Talley was already stretched thin with the required care for her
horses, as well as her hectic schedule with her dog breeding and showing business, she refused to simply put Barbara down. But Tally didn’t have the $20,000 needed to pay for the necessary operation. After consulting with veterinarian Jim Shoemaker, Pogue instead crafted the idea to crowd source the money needed for Barbara’s surgery. Pogue said traditionally the surgical procedure to correct wry nose is done in two stages. The procedure innovated by Shoemaker will be completed in one surgery. The only catch associated with the procedure is that Talley needs to wait until Barbara is weaned, which occurs around six
months of age, before an operation can be performed. Barbara is currently two-and-a-half months old, which means the Talley’s have until the end of July to reach the grand total of $23,000. The amount will also help cover the current costs for Barbara’s care. Since the page was created March 12, members of the community have so far donated close to $5,000 toward Barbara’s surgery and care. “Most people would put the foal to sleep,” Pogue said, “But not Martha (Talley), she wants to save her.”
On March 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., join Retreet, a nonprofit organization the focuses on replanting trees after disasters, to help rebuild the shores of the Blanco River. Volunteers are needed. Register as a Planting Day participant at www.wimberley2. eventbrite.com. For more info, email info@ retreet.org.
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Steve Catoe, a Positive Approach to Care and Validation Therapy Trainer for Alzheimer’s Texas will present tips and strategies for effective communication with persons with dementia. Class and a light lunch are offered free of charge at Chapel in the Hills, 14601 Ranch Road 12, Wimberley, TX on Friday, March 31 from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Registration is required. Call (512) 241-0420 or email RRodriguez@ TXAlz.org.
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On Monday, March 27, fly your Texas flag at your home or business to honor those who were massacred at Goliad after Fannin surrendered his forces.
Market Days
Celebrate Easter at Wimberley Market Days Saturday April 1 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. rain or shine. Listen to live music on three stages from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m.. This free event is located at Lions Field on RR 2325 Wimberley with ample parking in three lots. For more information see the Market Days web site at www.shopmarketdays.com or follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/wimberleymarketdays.
SKYWARN classes
Hays County and the National Weather Service will hold classes about severe weather as well as living in wildfire-prone areas in Central Texas. The program will include and overview by Clint Browning, Hays County Fire Marshal, about the Firewise program, which teaches how best to adapt to and prepare their homes for living in wildfire-prone areas. Free SkyWarn classes will be held from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12 at the Wimberley Community Center at 14068 Ranch Road 12, Wimberley; and Thursday, April 13 at North Hays Fire Rescue Central Station, 400 Sportsplex Drive, Dripping Springs.
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